Janet Stevens
(Deputy editor)

Janet began working as a proofreader at The Bulletin when she was 16. Today she writes editorials and a (mostly) weekly column. In the intervening 54 years, she graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree in journalism and reared two daughters. She has worked at The Bulletin as a reporter, copy editor, editorial page editor and city editor.

Phone: 541-617-7821

Stories by Janet Stevens

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All parents, or at least all the ones I know, worry sometimes that their children don’t have enough friends. Parents of kids with intellectual disabilities and those who have children with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis may worry more than most, however. We watch our
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I don’t think stricter regulations on firearms are the answer to school shootings and other gun violence that ends in death. That said, I do think regulations, combined with a bunch of other measures, may be the only chance we have to gain some control
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February in Bend is a changeling month: It often starts cold, only to have the chill snatched away, replaced by much warmer temperatures for a few days. This year, the process has been reversed. From highs well into the 50s and overnight lows above freezing
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Statistics can be deceiving. Unless you understand what went into them, it’s awfully easy to misunderstand what’s come out. That’s what appears to have happened with the most recent Map the Meal Gap map from Feeding America. Take the map at face value, and it
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Early in January, National Public Radio ran a multiday series of stories about sex abuse and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It was the kind of listening that reduced this mother to tears. The statistics are horrendous. People with intellectual disabilities — like the
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